Grahame Whitfield

Grahame has many years experience in applied social policy research, primarily focussed around developing the evidence base on overcoming disadvantage, inequality and social exclusion. He has worked as a research commissioner within government and as an active researcher in his own right.

Prior to joining JRF, Grahame was Assistant Director at the Centre for Research in Social Policy where he led on a number of studies covering issues including: disadvantage and road safety, the use of credit and debt in low income households, how Job Centre Plus might increase its use of digital service provision, older people's views on the Pensions and Disability Carers Service and on the implementation of the Local Housing Allowance.

Prior to that, he was a Principal Research officer in the Office for Disability Issues where he helped develop the framework by which progress on the Government's commitment to equality for disabled people by 2025 will be measured. Before that, he was responsible for commissioning a programme of research to help develop DWP's evidence base on the lives of disabled people covering issues around employment, discrimination, service provision and also around gaining a better understanding of how people wanted to live their lives.